https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922537#M46029 In fact I read that document and did everything in it but I didn't copy the globalsettings.props and nodesecurity.xml because I didn't have valuable config to transfer. I just wanted to have a link to the right database so that I didn't have to rediscover all my servers. Is the database connection config in those XML file also because I changed the ODBC connections and it didn't do anything. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:42:46 GMT Martin Paré 2005-09-01T07:42:46Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922535#M46027 I recently installed SIM 5.0 on a test server and want to move the installation to a new server but keep the original database. I do it according to the documentation: I install hpsim 5 on my new server and then I point my ODBC connections to the old database but the server is somehow still linked the new database.<BR />What I wanted to know is where can I configure the connection to the database, other than the ODBC connection?<BR /><BR />Thanks Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:34:28 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922535#M46027 Martin Paré 2005-08-31T09:34:28Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922536#M46028 The document available at the following link has the step by step procedure that helps you in acheiving your goal<BR /><BR /><A href="http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-helpfiles/hpsim_5_migratingNewSystem.pdf" target="_blank">http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-helpfiles/hpsim_5_migratingNewSystem.pdf</A> Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:43:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922536#M46028 Aravindh Rajaram 2005-08-31T23:43:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922537#M46029 In fact I read that document and did everything in it but I didn't copy the globalsettings.props and nodesecurity.xml because I didn't have valuable config to transfer. I just wanted to have a link to the right database so that I didn't have to rediscover all my servers. Is the database connection config in those XML file also because I changed the ODBC connections and it didn't do anything. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:42:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922537#M46029 Martin Paré 2005-09-01T07:42:46Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922538#M46030 If that is the purpose then after editing the ODBC connectors, editing the files named database.props and database.admin appropriately and then restarting the service should do. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:55:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922538#M46030 Aravindh Rajaram 2005-09-01T07:55:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922539#M46031 Thanks, you solved my problem. But just for my comprehension, what is the ODBC connection for then???<BR /> Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:51:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922539#M46031 Martin Paré 2005-09-01T09:51:21Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922540#M46032 I think that the ODBC connection that is getting created is mainly for the plug-ins (HP Virtual Machine Management, HP Vulnerability and Patch Management etc.,) to work along with HPSIM 5.0. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:00:45 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922540#M46032 Aravindh Rajaram 2005-09-01T10:00:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922541#M46033 Thanks Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:07:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-5-server-replacement/m-p/4922541#M46033 Martin Paré 2005-09-01T10:07:33Z